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Infrastructure Linux News for Nov 26, 2007

Stormy Skies Over GNOME(Nov 26, 2007, 19:45)Roundup: Jeff Waugh adds his two cents to the
GNOME/OOXML/Novell reports, while his candidacy for the GNOME
Foundation board endures some nasty community in-fighting.

Q&A: Pamela Jones of Groklaw(Nov 26, 2007, 19:00)IT PRO: "IT PRO spoke to the site's founder,
Pamela Jones about the impact of the site, the SCO case and the
role Groklaw has played in the ongoing legal case..."

ODF vs. OOXML: War of the Words(Nov 26, 2007, 16:00)ConsortiumInfo: "I refer, of course, to the
ongoing, ever expanding, still escalating conflict between ODF and
OOXML, a battle that is playing out across five continents and in
both the halls of government and the marketplace alike. And,
needless to say, at countless blogs and news sites all the Web over
as well..."

A Little Laptop With Big Ambitions(Nov 26, 2007, 14:30)The Wall Street Journal: "It was captivating in
its utter simplicity: design a $100 laptop and, within four years,
get it into the hands of up to 150 million of the world's poorest
schoolchildren..."

Asus eeePC Violates GPL Say Linux Stalwarts(Nov 26, 2007, 13:00)The Beer Files: "However, some Linux purists
are upset that the eeePC uses Xandros, a Debian-based distribution
which charges license fees and has a similar patent protection
agreement with Microsoft to the one signed 12 months ago by
Novell..."

Dealing with .rpmnew and .rpmsave Files(Nov 26, 2007, 11:30)Linux.com: "Nobody ever thinks to mention
.rpmnew and .rpmsave extensions to new users of Fedora or Red Hat
derivatives. Instead, most users suddenly discover that these files
are accumulating on their hard drives..."

28 Papers on Real-Time and Embedded Linux(Nov 26, 2007, 10:00)LinuxDevices: "LinuxDevices.com is pleased to
publish an overview and papers from the Ninth Real-Time Linux
Workshop held in Linz, Austria, Nov. 2-3, 2007..."

CLI Magic: Video Conversion with Mencoder(Nov 26, 2007, 07:00)Linux.com: "Mencoder is part of the MPlayer
media player package. While MPlayer can play audio and video files,
mencoder converts and manages multimedia files..."

DirectX 9.0c on Linux with Wine(Nov 26, 2007, 05:30)Wine Review: "Microsoft DirectX is a collection
of application programming interfaces for handling tasks related to
multimedia, especially game programming and video, on Microsoft
platforms..."

What Happened to the SCO/York Deal?(Nov 26, 2007, 00:00)Linux-Watch: "Earlier this week, it seemed that
the only thing between York Capital buying SCO was the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court in Delaware turning the proposed sale down..."